Going. Insane. Need help, please

[USAMariner]

UPDATE:

So, after doing what I've been doing all day and seeing some change, although maybe not as much as I had hoped, I went ahead and picked up some Vitamin C tablets since it appeared that the white plastic around the skimmer line in the pool had discolored, not to mention around the water level in the pool.

The tablets removed the stain just like that and I am really beginning to wonder whether the problem in the pool is more stain based than algae based.

Is there a cheap method to removing the stain from the liner? Maybe I can just pour a whole bottle of tablets into the skimmer line? (kidding)

[aylad]

Yep, here it is....I don't think it's cheap, but here's the process in a nutshell:

http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthr...acid-treatment

Janet

[USAMariner]

OK,

It is most definitely stain related.

I poured a whole bottle of Vitamin c pills into the bottom of a sock and crushed them up. Got into the shallow end and proceeded to scrub along the wall, the steps and then dropped the sock to the floor, stood on it and dragged it along the bottom and watched as the stain disappeared and the blue liner showed through.

Aside from the method outlined in the previous post, is there a solution that I can buy to add to the water and let it works its magic?

[aylad]

I'll let somebody else answer that question, but wanted to caution you that adding acid to the pool will drop your pH, so make sure it doesn't get too low.....

Janet

[Watermom]

In that post that Janet linked for you, you can buy powdered Vitamin C in bulk. I've never had to do this but perhaps that is more practical for you than crushing up tabs. Let me ask Ben to pop onto this thread and offer his $0.02.